"Was it for the purpose of obtaining a trading advantage?
"The government physically occupied private property for the purpose of obtaining information.
Ideologically at least, Aztec warfare was waged for the purpose of obtaining sacrificial victims.
"She used and exploited friends at public companies for the purpose of obtaining, and then selling, inside information.
"If it's for the purpose of obtaining information, my door's open," said Alan Abdelhack, 24, a Palestinian-American psychology student who was born in Brooklyn.
But the O.E.D. says the obsolete term means "suppression of truth or fact for the purpose of obtaining something; fraudulent misrepresentation".
Most wire-tapping is done to obtain information that may lead to arrests rather than for the purpose of obtaining evidence to be presented in court.
He was also convicted of subsidy fraud under the Polish Criminal Code for making a false declaration concerning facts of essential importance for the purpose of obtaining subsidies.
In addition, it is important to many philosophers and policy makers that women and couples not be exploited for the purpose of obtaining their embryos or eggs.
Geoengineering, the large-scale manipulation of a specific process central to controlling Earth's climate for the purpose of obtaining a specific benefit.
Section 8 of the code of practice also reiterates that it is a criminal offence to "knowingly make a false statement for the purpose of obtaining, or enabling another person to obtain a disclosure.
